diff --git a/extension/sumologicextension/extension.go b/extension/sumologicextension/extension.go
index 6ad166a40ff20..46c28be1cb061 100644
--- a/extension/sumologicextension/extension.go
+++ b/extension/sumologicextension/extension.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Showmax/go-fqdn"
 	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
-	ps "github.com/mitchellh/go-ps"
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/host"
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/process"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confighttp"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth"
@@ -715,13 +715,17 @@ var sumoAppProcesses = map[string]string{
 func filteredProcessList() ([]string, error) {
 	var pl []string
 
-	p, err := ps.Processes()
+	p, err := process.Processes()
 	if err != nil {
 		return pl, err
 	}
 
 	for _, v := range p {
-		e := strings.ToLower(v.Executable())
+		e, err := v.Name()
+		if err != nil {
+			return pl, err
+		}
+		e = strings.ToLower(e)
 		if a, i := sumoAppProcesses[e]; i {
 			pl = append(pl, a)
 		}
diff --git a/extension/sumologicextension/go.mod b/extension/sumologicextension/go.mod
index 90323e363ee58..79550061eb7cb 100644
--- a/extension/sumologicextension/go.mod
+++ b/extension/sumologicextension/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.21.0
 require (
 	github.com/Showmax/go-fqdn v1.0.0
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0
-	github.com/mitchellh/go-ps v1.0.0
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.24.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.103.0
diff --git a/extension/sumologicextension/go.sum b/extension/sumologicextension/go.sum
index a04b0316815d5..fffe3ddaa88ba 100644
--- a/extension/sumologicextension/go.sum
+++ b/extension/sumologicextension/go.sum
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20211012122336-39d0f177ccd0 h1:6E+4a0GO5zZEnZ
 github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20211012122336-39d0f177ccd0/go.mod h1:zJYVVT2jmtg6P3p1VtQj7WsuWi/y4VnjVBn7F8KPB3I=
 github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 h1:vpKXTN4ewci03Vljg/q9QvCGUDttBOGBIa15WveJJGw=
 github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0/go.mod h1:qLl+cE2AmVv+CoeAwDPye/v+N2HKCj9FbZEVFJRxO9s=
-github.com/mitchellh/go-ps v1.0.0 h1:i6ampVEEF4wQFF+bkYfwYgY+F/uYJDktmvLPf7qIgjc=
-github.com/mitchellh/go-ps v1.0.0/go.mod h1:J4lOc8z8yJs6vUwklHw2XEIiT4z4C40KtWVN3nvg8Pg=
 github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 h1:G2LzWKi524PWgd3mLHV8Y5k7s6XUvT0Gef6zxSIeXaQ=
 github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2/go.mod h1:mSTlrgnPZtwu0c4WaC2kGObEpuNDbx0jmZXqmk4esnw=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd h1:TRLaZ9cD/w8PVh93nsPXa1VrQ6jlwL5oN8l14QlcNfg=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4e6a711893e5f..f0f4e6cf85782 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mistifyio/go-zfs v2.1.2-0.20190413222219-f784269be439+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mitchellh/go-ps v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.1-0.20231216201459-8508981c8b6c // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 70892e75b7f3f..d8a9564ffddab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1850,8 +1850,6 @@ github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0/go.mod h1:qLl+cE2AmVv+CoeAwDPye/v+N2HK
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.0.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
-github.com/mitchellh/go-ps v1.0.0 h1:i6ampVEEF4wQFF+bkYfwYgY+F/uYJDktmvLPf7qIgjc=
-github.com/mitchellh/go-ps v1.0.0/go.mod h1:J4lOc8z8yJs6vUwklHw2XEIiT4z4C40KtWVN3nvg8Pg=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface v1.0.0/go.mod h1:kRemZodwjscx+RGhAo8eIhFbs2+BFgRtFPeD/KE+zxI=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface v1.14.1 h1:jrgshOhYAUVNMAJiKbEu7EqAwgJJ2JqpQmpLJOu07cU=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface v1.14.1/go.mod h1:gfgS7OtZj6MA4U1UrDRp04twqAjfvlZyCfX3sDjEym8=